Program Elements
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Program Summary
Status: 12 months (full-time employment per Peak Vista)
Program Foundations
Program Foundations Benner’s Novice to Expert Model
ACGME Core Competencies
IOM (2010) The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health
Orientation
One-week orientation to Peak Vista, including extensive EHR training followed by a one-week In-Clinic Fellowship orientation
Experiential Learning
Precepted Outpatient Psychiatry Practice Clinic
Five fellows/three dedicated preceptors
Fellows gradually increase patient load working to a full panel
Out-Rotations
Inpatient Rotation
Crisis Rotation
Developmentally Disabled Clinic Rotation
Primary Care Rotation
Didactic Education
Problem-based learning in clinical immersion settings
Didactic curriculum designed to support the new graduate’s academic preparation related to patient needs frequently encountered in the outpatient psychiatry environment within a safety net setting
Ongoing interactions with Preceptors to enhance understanding of safe, effective prescriptive practice in psychiatry
Monthly Board Review in conjunction with the FNP track
Directed CME
Quality Improvement Project (QI)
Population focused
Fellow identified, planned and implemented clinical practice improvements
Plan. Do. Study. Act. (PDSA) QI DORA Compliance
Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) Compliance
750 hours Precepted Prescriptive practice
Mentorship Agreement
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